The sceptic
Do we still need animal testing in medical research?
Fair play v foul
Drunken initiations into sports teams and even academic courses can be life-threatening to students. Tom Bryant reports.
Gasp reflex linked to cot death
· Inability to restart breath might put babies at risk
· Mechanism controlled by separate part of brain
DNA damage from eating red meat linked to cancer
· Harmful compounds raise risk of bowel disease · Volunteers fed diet heavy in beef and pork
Extra training provision hoped to fill dentist gap
A new dental school and 100 extra student places are to be created in England in response to a national shortage of dentists.
Winning ways
Exponents make big claims for life coaching, insisting it can improve everything from your career to your health and your parenting skills. Sceptics think it’s just the latest over-priced, under-regulated, pseudo-scientific sop for the angst-ridden me generation. Anna Moore investigates a controversial boom industry.
500,000 medical records wanted for research project
Half a million Britons will be asked to give researchers access to their private medical records as part of a new research project.
Success, with no strings attached
It used to be that the typical medical student was from a professional family, had top grades and played the cello. But tomorrow's doctors are now being encouraged from less advantaged social groups. By Joanna Lyall.